The grocery store sells kumquat for $4.50 a pound and Asian pears for $3.75 a pound write an equation in standard form for the weight of kumquat k and Asian pears p that a customer could buy with $16
Answer:
let k represents the kumquat weight(in pound) and p represents the Asian pears weight respectively.
As per the given conditions,
The grocery store sells kumquat for $ 4.50 a pound
⇒ for 1 pound @@MATH_TOKEN_0@@ $4.50
then, in k pound = \(4.50 k\)
similarly,
The Asian pears for $3.75 a pound
⇒ for 1 pound @@MATH_TOKEN_2@@ $3.75
then, in p pound = \(3.75 k\)
Standard form of the equation is in the form of Ax + By = C:
The weight of kumquat k and Asian pears p that customer could buy with $ 16,
then the standard form of equation is: 4.50k +3.75p = 16